DALLAS, Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE: HGT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.105409 per unit, payable on September 15, 2010, to unitholders of record on August 31, 2010. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty payments made by XTO Energy Inc. (XTO Energy) to the Trust for both the current month and prior month distributions. Underlying gas sales volumes attributable to the current month distribution were primarily produced in June.



                                         Underlying Gas
                                              Sales
                                       Volumes (Mcf) (a)         Average Gas
                                       -----------------
                                       Total       Daily      Price per Mcf
                                       -----       -----      -------------

      Current Month Distribution     1,969,000     66,000              $4.25

      Prior Month Distribution       2,075,000     67,000              $4.33



    (a)  Sales volumes are recorded in the month the trust receives the
    related net profits income.  Because of this, sales volumes may
    fluctuate from month to month based on the timing of cash receipts.

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that it has deducted budgeted development costs of $600,000, production expense of $1,938,000 and overhead of $917,000 in determining the royalty payment to the Trust for the current month.

Development Costs

XTO Energy has advised the trustee that it increased the monthly development cost deduction from $500,000 to $600,000 beginning with the August 2010 distribution. The development cost deduction is expected to be maintained at $600,000 through the December 2010 distribution. The development cost deduction will continue to be evaluated and revised as necessary.

For more information on the Trust, please visit our web site at www.hugotontrust.com.

Statements made in this press release, including those related to development activities, annual and monthly development costs, and monthly trust distributions, are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that are subject to risks and uncertainties which are detailed in Part I, Item 1A of the trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009, which is incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein. Although XTO Energy and the trustee believe that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither XTO Energy nor the trustee can give any assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct.

SOURCE U.S. Trust